Sufjan Stevens - Exploding Whale: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Exploding Whale" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Exploding Whale ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Exploding Whale" smoothly on your ukulele.

F#                 D#m
I'm nobody's friend
D#m                      G#m7
Loneliness rides in my bed
G#m7         B
My misfortune
B                        A#m
Give everything you've got
A#m                  B
While the sun burns hot
B
My addiction
C#
Spoils my affection
C#              F#
For everything good

Elephant in the room
Might as well shoot at the moon
Wild ambition
Give everything you've got
Jump the Fosbury flop
With intention
Pursue your invention
As something of worth

Chorus:
G#m                 F#
The thing I most regret
F#              C#
Is having to repress what I'm feeling
        D#m         C#         B
While expressing delight as a myth
B                A#m
Embrace the epic fail
A#m               B C#
Of my exploding whale

F#                       D#m
Poison or powdered milk (poison or powdered milk)
D#m              G#
Paralyzed as it took (paralyzed as it took)
G#             B
Premonition (that is what we are)
B                       A#m
Give everything you've got
A#m                  B
Before your life is caught in conditions
        C#
Be the first of its victims
              F#
The foot of a hare

F#                     D#m
Action or consequence (action or consequence)
D#m             G#
My unyielding defense (my unyielding defense)
G#              B
Superstition (that is what we are)
B               A#m
My attempts to obscure
A#m                  B
The wonders of this world
B
Be it fortune
    C#
Or faith in distortion
C#              B
The patron of prayer

Chorus:
The thing I most resent
Is having to consent to illusion
While confessing distress with my fist
Will history prevail
My exploding whale?

What of a dream deferred
My appeal in reverse?
Apparition
Embrace the epic fail
Of my exploding whale

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

A#m

Ukulele chord A#m

B

Ukulele chord B

C#

Ukulele chord C#

D#m

Ukulele chord D#m

F#

Ukulele chord F#

G#

Ukulele chord G#

G#m

Ukulele chord G#m

G#m7

Ukulele chord G#m7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Exploding Whale" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Exploding Whale" by Sufjan Stevens.

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